8th June, 2023, Bengaluru: Team Eternal Saga comprising Ankit Pandey, Stuti Jain, Divya Prakash Srivastava, Abhishek Chhattani and Ami Jagani, all students of IIM Bangalore’s two-year fulltime MBA – the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP 2022-24), have aced the International Quarterfinals and are now headed for the International Semi-final round of the Hult Prize Foundation 2023 event to be held at Mumbai on 10th June, 2023.
The Hult Prize Foundation challenges young people to solve the world’s most pressing issues through social entrepreneurship. Each year participating university students and start-ups are challenged to create a for-profit social venture, representing a variety of industries that create a measurable positive impact on people and the planet, and supports the United Nations SDGs. The theme this year for students was to build business for “Redesigning Fashion”, with the winning team to receive $1M USD in funding to make their idea a reality.
About 700 start-ups will be participating in the semi-final round, from a pool of over 100,000 students and entrepreneurs coming from more than 120 countries. The semi-finals will be held globally in 12 summits across the world and will present an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to pitch their idea and network.